--- title: Prince Firouz Schah was about to protest that there was no lady with… — The Arabian Nights Entertainments · tree and pragmatics description: Prince Firouz Schah was about to protest that there was no lady with any prior claims, but he was stopped by the entrance of one of the princess's attendants, who announced that dinner was served, and, after all, neither was sorry for the interruption. Who acts: Firouz, lady, entrance, attendants. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Firouz, lady, entrance, attendants), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg128:38:61 # text = Prince Firouz Schah was about to protest that there was no lady with any prior claims, but he was stopped by the entrance of one of the princess's attendants, who announced that dinner was served, and, after all, neither was sorry for the interruption. 1 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Firouz Firouz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 Schah Schah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 protest protest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ _ 10 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 15 prior prior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 claims claim NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 announced announce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 after after ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 47 cc:preconj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 interruption interruption NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Firouz Prince | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **protest** *speech: disagree* | to-infinitive | Firouz Prince *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | past | no lady with any prior claims | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stop** | past · passive | the entrance of one of the princess's attendants | Firouz | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **announce** *speech: other* | past | the princess's attendants | | | | | | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **serve** | past · passive | | dinner | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 7 | **is** | past | all | | | | | for the interruption; sorry *property* | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Arabian Nights Entertainments» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 128 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/62/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg128/38/)